About the Authors

Robert W. Chapman

Contributed equally to this work with: Robert W. Chapman, Benjamin J. Reading, Craig V. Sullivan

Affiliations Marine Resources Division, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Marine Genomics Core Facility, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Benjamin J. Reading

Contributed equally to this work with: Robert W. Chapman, Benjamin J. Reading, Craig V. Sullivan

Affiliation Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Craig V. Sullivan

Contributed equally to this work with: Robert W. Chapman, Benjamin J. Reading, Craig V. Sullivan

aquagyn.nc@gmail.com

Current address: Carolina AquaGyn, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RWC CVS. Performed the experiments: RWC CVS. Analyzed the data: RWC BJR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RWC BJR CVS. Wrote the paper: RWC BJR CVS.